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31.Dd July 24, 1996
32.Os
33.Dt VFS 9
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VFS
36.Nd kernel interface to filesystems
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38Calls used to set or query filesystems for settings or information.
39.Pp
40Filesystems that don't implement a VFS operation should use the appropriate
41.Fa vfs_std
42function from
43.Pa src/sys/kern/vfs_default.c
44rather than implementing empty functions or casting to
45.Fa eopnotsupp .
46.Sh SEE ALSO
47.Xr VFS_CHECKEXP 9 ,
48.Xr VFS_FHTOVP 9 ,
49.Xr VFS_INIT 9 ,
50.Xr VFS_MOUNT 9 ,
51.Xr VFS_QUOTACTL 9 ,
52.Xr VFS_START 9 ,
53.Xr VFS_STATFS 9 ,
54.Xr VFS_SYNC 9 ,
55.Xr VFS_UNMOUNT 9 ,
56.Xr VFS_VGET 9 ,
57.Xr VFS_VPTOFH 9 ,
58.Xr vnode 9
59.Sh AUTHORS
60This man page was written by
61.An Doug Rabson .
62